(a) A teacher being a member of The Manitoba Teachers' Society Executive Committee or any branch thereof or of any special committee or any branch thereof, and being authorized by the Executive Committee of the Society in a matter of society business requiring absence from school, shall have the right to attend such meeting or to act as such representative or delegate shall be excused from school duties on not more than a total of five teaching days in any school year.
A maximum of thirty (30) days in total may be taken for the purposes mentioned in this clause during any one school year by the members of the Association. This maximum shall not be applied to collective bargaining between the parties.
(b) A teacher who is serving as president of the local association of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society shall be excused from school duties up to 1/6 time. A substitute teacher satisfactory to the Board shall be provided. The cost of the president’s salary and benefits shall be borne by the Association. The number of teaching days so excused may be extended if the Manitoba Teachers’ Society member makes a request for an extension to the Superintendent. The reasons for the extension shall be included in any such request and any such request shall not be unreasonably denied. In all cases the teacher shall notify the Superintendent’s office five (5) teaching days prior to taking such leave. In emergency cases the five (5) days notice may be waived by mutual consent.
In the case of a teacher requiring a day from teaching duties for the purpose of writing examinations on subjects required to raise teaching qualifications, such teacher shall provide a substitute teacher, satisfactory to the Board. The substitute's salary shall be deducted from the teacher and the substitute will be paid by the Board.
(a) Short-Term
A teacher may be granted a leave of absence with or without pay for personal reasons with the approval of the Superintendent.
(b) Long-Term
A teacher may be granted, upon request, leave of absence without pay, subject to the following conditions:
(1) All applications for such leave shall be submitted to the Board prior to April 1 st of the year in which leave is to be granted.
(2) A teacher granted leave of absence shall be regarded as still on staff and this leave shall not constitute a break in tenure.
(3) Teachers engaged in educational duties during this leave of absence shall accrue increments during that period as outlined in Article 3.01, provided this experience is recognized by Manitoba Education, for grant purposes.
(4) A teacher, after leave, shall return to a salary in accordance with the current collective agreement.
(5) The final decision on granting leave of absence shall rest with a committee composed of three (3) members of the School Board and two (2) members of the Teachers' Association.
(a) The Board may, upon request, grant Sabbatical Leave to members of the teaching staff.
(b) Sabbatical Leave may, upon request, be granted to a maximum of one teacher for every one hundred (100) teaching staff, or fraction thereof.
(c) Where all other considerations are very nearly equal, seniority shall be the basis for awarding Sabbatical Leave.
(d) All applications must be submitted not later than February 1st of the year in which consideration is asked.
(e) Remuneration while on Sabbatical Leave shall be two-thirds (2/3rds) of the basic salary received by the teacher in the year completed before leave is granted.
(f) Sabbatical Leave will be granted for further study. The merit of the particular program chosen should be set forth by the teacher applying in a letter to the Board.
(g) Sabbatical Leave will be granted or rejected by a joint Committee of the Board and the Manitoba Teachers' Society Association. Such committee will be composed of three (3) Board members appointed by the Board and two (2) Association members appointed by the Association President.
(h) Payment of the leave shall be made on a monthly basis in the same manner as it is presently for teachers on staff. Payment of the leave will be made with the provisions that the teacher shall return to the Division. If the teacher desires to seek employment elsewhere, he or she shall repay the amount received as set out below.
1. If not returning - full payment.
2. If returning for one year only - 50% repayment.
If a teacher fails to return after sabbatical, full repayment shall be made on or before September 1st of the year that the teacher would normally resume work in the Division.
(a) When a teacher is absent from work because of sickness, he/she shall be entitled to sick leave during such absence and to be paid his/her salary during this leave. Subject to subsection (b) of this Article, the leave shall not exceed twenty (20) teaching days in any school year.
(b) Where the employment of a teacher is continued for more than one (1) year, the unused portion of the sick leave in any year(s) shall be carried forward and accumulated from year to year to a maximum of one hundred, thirty (130) days.
(c) Should the Division become eligible for a reduction in premium under the Unemployment Insurance Act, the teachers' five-twelfth (5/12) share of the premium reduction will be remitted twice yearly, at the conclusion of the Spring and Fall Terms, to the Treasurer of the Association.
(d) A teacher may be required to furnish a medical certificate when requested by the division.
(e) Up to five (5) days of accumulated sick leave per school year may be used to attend to the illness or injury a teacher’s spouse or common law partner, child, or parent.
Teachers shall be granted two (2) days personal leave per school year at no cost to the teacher. This leave is contingent on the Division providing a replacement teacher. Prior notification must be submitted in writing to the teacher’s principal for Personal Leave except in emergency situations where the written notification may be submitted after the use of Personal Leave.
Said leave is on a first come first served basis and each day must be taken in its entirety.
No more than two teachers per school shall be granted said leave at the same time on a staff of ten or more teachers. A staff having less than ten teachers shall only be entitled to one personal leave at the same time.
This leave shall not be used on scheduled in-service, administration days, parent teacher days, pupil evaluation days nor to extend Christmas or summer break unless the Division has expressly given consent to do so by the Superintendent. Personal Leave cannot be accumulated from year to year.
A teacher who is required to serve on a jury shall receive regular pay during that period. The teacher shall refund to the School Division any payment received for jury duty.
Leaves for maternity or adoptive purposes shall be in accordance with the Employment Standards Code of the Province of Manitoba.
(a) A teacher taking maternity leave pursuant to this article shall be entitled to receive pay for the period of leave up to seventeen (17) weeks in the amount of ninety percent (90%) of the salary being received at the time leave was taken, this pay to include any benefits received from Human Resources Development Canada to a Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB) Plan. The implementation of this clause is subject to the successful arrangement of a Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB) Plan with Human Resources Development Canada.
(b) In respect of the period of maternity leave, payments made according to the SUB plan will consist of the following:
1. For the first two (2) weeks, payment equivalent to ninety percent (90%) of her gross salary, and
2. Up to fifteen (15) additional weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment Insurance benefit the employee is eligible to receive and ninety percent (90%) of her gross salary.
(c) A teacher taking adoptive leave and effective June 1, 2007 a teacher taking parental leave pursuant to this article shall be entitled to receive pay for the period of leave up to ten (10) weeks in the amount of ninety percent (90%) of the salary being received at the time leave was taken, this pay to include any benefits received from Human Resources Development Canada to a Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB) Plan. The implementation of this clause is subject to the successful arrangement of a Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB) Plan with Human Resources Development Canada.
(d) In respect of the period of adoptive/parental leave, payments made according to the SUB Plan will consist of the following:
1. For the first two weeks, payment equivalent to ninety percent (90%) of gross salary, and
2. Up to eight (8) weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment Insurance benefit of the employee is eligible to receive ninety percent (90%) of gross salary.